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Sonny Jackson

Roland Thomas Jackson

Positions: Shortstop and Centerfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 150 lb.

Born: July 9, 1944 in Washington, DC
High School: Montgomery Blair HS (Blair, MD)
Signed by the Houston Colt .45's as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1963
Teams (by GP): Braves/Astros/Colt.45's 1963-1974

Final Game: July 9, 1974
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Standard Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1963 HOU NL 18 SS 1 1 0 5.0 6 0 5 1 0 .833 -1 -216 9.00 5.00 .962 4.86 4.80
1964 HOU NL 19 SS 7 5 5 48.2 23 8 12 3 1 .870 -4 -86 3.70 2.86 .963 5.03 5.00
1965 HOU NL 20 SS 8 7 5 59.0 32 16 15 1 3 .969 -1 -14 4.73 3.88 .964 4.93 4.92
1965 HOU NL 20 3B 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.80
1966 HOU NL 21 SS 150 150 141 1311.0 756 270 449 37 73 .951 -19 -17 4.94 4.79 .964 4.96 4.96 RoY-2
1967 HOU NL 22 SS 128 124 120 1108.1 618 204 379 35 63 .943 -15 -16 4.73 4.55 .963 4.99 4.99
1968 ATL NL 23 SS 99 94 91 854.2 461 132 307 22 35 .952 4 5 4.62 4.43 .962 4.98 5.00
1969 ATL NL 24 SS 97 88 81 781.2 432 161 254 17 48 .961 -0 -1 4.78 4.28 .963 4.93 4.90
1970 ATL NL 25 SS 87 78 76 722.0 389 123 240 26 40 .933 -6 -10 4.52 4.17 .965 5.05 5.04
1971 ATL NL 26 CF 145 136 132 1250.0 355 340 8 7 0 .980 -17 -16 2.51 2.40 .982 2.64 2.64
1971 ATL NL 26 OF 145 136 132 1250.0 351 336 8 7 0 .980 -17 -16 2.48 2.37 .979 2.19 2.19
1972 ATL NL 27 SS 17 15 10 123.1 82 28 52 2 9 .976 4 40 5.84 4.71 .967 5.04 5.06
1972 ATL NL 27 OF 10 4 4 44.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -68 1.22 0.60 .978 2.17 2.19
1972 ATL NL 27 CF 9 4 4 41.2 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -69 1.30 0.67 .980 2.59 2.61
1972 ATL NL 27 3B 6 5 4 43.0 24 13 10 1 0 .958 0 11 4.81 3.83 .945 2.87 2.88
1972 ATL NL 27 RF 1 0 0 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -45 0.00 0.00 2.02 2.00
1973 ATL NL 28 OF 56 12 10 207.1 53 51 1 1 0 .981 2 14 2.26 0.93 .977 2.23 2.23
1973 ATL NL 28 LF 49 10 8 165.0 42 40 1 1 0 .976 4 25 2.24 0.84 .977 2.05 2.05
1973 ATL NL 28 SS 36 27 16 239.0 135 42 88 5 10 .963 -0 -3 4.90 3.61 .961 4.93 4.93
1973 ATL NL 28 CF 4 2 2 27.1 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -66 2.96 2.25 .980 2.63 2.62
1973 ATL NL 28 RF 4 0 0 15.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0 40 2.40 1.00 .972 2.04 2.00
1974 ATL NL 29 OF 1 1 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 2.57 2.00 .980 2.31 2.30
1974 ATL NL 29 RF 1 1 0 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -17 1.29 1.00 .980 2.06 2.00
10 Seasons SS 630 589 545 5252.2 2934 984 1801 149 282 .949 -38 -9 4.77 4.42 .963 4.98 4.97
4 Seasons OF 212 153 146 1508.2 412 395 9 8 0 .981 -17 -13 2.41 1.91 .979 2.20 2.20
3 Seasons CF 158 142 138 1319.0 370 355 8 7 0 .981 -21 -19 2.48 2.30 .982 2.64 2.64
1 Season LF 49 10 8 165.0 42 40 1 1 0 .976 4 25 2.24 0.84 .977 2.05 2.05
2 Seasons 3B 7 5 4 44.0 24 13 10 1 0 .958 0 11 4.70 3.29 .945 2.86 2.87
3 Seasons RF 6 1 0 24.2 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 1.82 0.83 .974 2.04 2.00
12 Seasons TOT 849 747 695 6805.1 3370 1392 1820 158 282 .953 -55 -10 4.25 3.78 .965 4.35 4.27
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1963 HOU NL 18 SS -1 -216 -1 -1 0 0
1964 HOU NL 19 SS -4 -86 -2 0 -3 -1
1965 HOU NL 20 SS -1 -14 -1 0 -1 0
1965 HOU NL 20 3B 0 0 0 0 0
1966 HOU NL 21 SS -19 -17 -16 -12 -4 -3
1967 HOU NL 22 SS -15 -16 -15 -6 -9 0
1968 ATL NL 23 SS 4 5 4 8 -4 0
1969 ATL NL 24 SS -0 -1 2 4 -2 -2
1970 ATL NL 25 SS -6 -10 -5 -1 -4 -1
1971 ATL NL 26 CF -17 -16 -17 -11 -6 0
1972 ATL NL 27 SS 4 40 4 3 1 0
1972 ATL NL 27 CF -2 -69 -2 -1 -2 0
1972 ATL NL 27 3B 0 11 0 0 0 0
1972 ATL NL 27 RF -0 -45 -0 0 -0
1973 ATL NL 28 LF 4 25 2 -2 4 1
1973 ATL NL 28 SS -0 -3 0 -0 1 -1
1973 ATL NL 28 CF -2 -66 -0 0 -0 -1
1973 ATL NL 28 RF 0 40 0 0 1 0
1974 ATL NL 29 RF -0 -17 -0 0 -0 0
10 Seasons SS -38 -9 -30 -6 -24 -8
3 Seasons CF -21 -19 -20 -11 -8 -1
1 Season LF 4 25 2 -2 4 1
2 Seasons 3B 0 11 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons RF 0 15 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons TOT -55 -10 -47 -19 -27 -8 0
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1963 HOU NL 18 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HOU NL 19 9 5 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1965 HOU NL 20 10 7 10 9 0 0 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
1966 HOU NL 21 150 150 150 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 HOU NL 22 129 124 129 128 0 0 0 0 0 128 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 ATL NL 23 105 94 105 99 0 0 0 0 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 4 5
1969 ATL NL 24 98 88 98 97 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 4 2
1970 ATL NL 25 103 78 103 87 0 0 0 0 0 87 0 0 0 0 0 8 12
1971 ATL NL 26 149 136 149 145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 145 0 145 0 2 6
1972 ATL NL 27 60 24 60 33 0 0 0 0 6 18 0 9 1 10 0 26 6
1973 ATL NL 28 117 39 117 86 0 0 0 0 0 36 49 4 4 57 0 34 16
1974 ATL NL 29 5 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 0
12 Seasons 936 747 936 843 0 0 0 0 7 631 49 158 6 213 0 86 51
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1963 HOU NL 18 28 79% 104% 29% 4 75% 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 HOU NL 19 217 59% 86% 24% 19 79% 0 7 6 1 0 10 6 2 1 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
1965 HOU NL 20 245 47% 81% 26% 22 91% 0 15 7 3 5 13 10 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0
1966 HOU NL 21 5550 63% 81% 27% 625 90% 1 271 147 99 25 457 367 77 0 4 37 0 31 6 31 74 24 6 25 5 2 65 30 32 9 6 3
1967 HOU NL 22 4622 66% 78% 26% 518 87% 5 197 102 69 26 381 291 71 3 7 35 0 27 8 30 64 25 6 18 2 3 57 32 23 6 4 0
1968 ATL NL 23 3144 61% 83% 29% 344 92% 0 120 61 46 13 272 223 46 0 4 18 1 14 3 12 34 18 0 12 1 1 32 18 14 2 1 1
1969 ATL NL 24 3183 61% 81% 26% 336 90% 1 150 78 64 9 244 187 51 0 3 17 1 14 2 11 45 13 7 12 5 1 43 21 18 1 0 1
1970 ATL NL 25 2968 65% 79% 26% 303 88% 2 121 60 53 8 227 177 42 1 1 26 0 25 1 20 38 14 3 13 3 0 36 17 16 2 2 0
1972 ATL NL 27 513 77% 82% 27% 65 95% 1 25 13 9 3 52 34 17 1 3 2 0 2 0 2 9 4 1 1 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 2
1973 ATL NL 28 1051 61% 81% 27% 117 90% 0 41 18 17 6 93 75 18 0 1 5 0 5 0 3 10 4 0 4 0 1 9 4 5 0 0 0
10 Seasons 21521 63% 81% 27% 2353 89% 10 947 492 361 95 1752 1372 328 6 24 145 2 123 20 114 279 103 23 86 16 9 252 128 111 23 14 7
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1971 ATL NL 26 7 0 7 0 1 8 0 4 1 3 74 42 2 49 9 1 6 1 1 17 5 0 28 17 0 174 74 42.5% 96 4 2.3% 4 5302 62% 82% 27% 593 58%
1972 ATL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 0 187 57% 85% 36% 14 43%
1973 ATL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 6 1 16.7% 5 0 0.0% 0 110 63% 92% 35% 21 43%
3 Seasons 7 0 7 0 1 8 0 4 1 3 77 43 2 52 10 1 6 1 1 21 5 0 31 19 0 187 78 41.7% 105 4 2.1% 4 5599 62% 82% 28% 628 57%
MLB Averages 42.8% 2.4% 64% 79% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1973 ATL NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 7 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 18 13 72.2% 5 0 0.0% 1 691 55% 80% 25% 63 65%
1 Season 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8 7 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 2 2 0 18 13 72.2% 5 0 0.0% 1 691 55% 80% 25% 63 65%
MLB Averages 58.9% 2.7% 64% 79% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1965 HOU NL 20 5 40% 60% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 ATL NL 27 179 66% 82% 35% 25 88% 0 13 12 1 0 10 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 184 65% 82% 34% 25 88% 0 13 12 1 0 10 10 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 64% 79% 28% 89% 67%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1972 ATL NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 78% 78% 11% 0
1973 ATL NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 62 61% 74% 35% 8 50%
1974 ATL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 61% 61% 36% 3 33%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 20.0% 4 0 0.0% 0 99 63% 71% 33% 11 45%
MLB Averages 41.0% 3.2% 64% 79% 27% 53%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame
1980 BBWAA ( 0.3%)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1966 NL  37 (1st)
1967 NL  35 (1st)
1970 NL  26 (4th)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1966 NL  150 (2nd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1966 NL  270 (2nd)
1967 NL  204 (5th)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1966 NL  449 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1966 NL  37 (1st)
1967 NL  35 (1st)
1970 NL  26 (2nd)

Def. Games as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1971 NL  145 (2nd)

Putouts as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1971 NL  340 (2nd)

Assists as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1971 NL  8 (2nd)

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1971 NL  7 (3rd)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1971 NL  336 (4th)

Total Zone Runs as SS s c a p y
1972 NL  4 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1966 NL  4.79 (5th)

Youngest s c a p y
1963 NL  born 1944-07-09 (4th)

                           

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